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Want to start a business but not sure where to begin? Go get a job. Half of all businesses fail within five years, and the job is what lets you survive yours. I grew my business to six figures while working the entire time. In this one: why a paycheck turns your side business into an education, the tools a sales job taught me that I still use, Parkinson's Law and the 5-to-9, paying myself $3,000 a month, the bootstrap advantage over chasing investors, and why you should work in a business before you open one. 00:00 Want to start a business? Go get a job 00:33 How I started 01:21 Reason 1: half of all businesses fail 01:59 Money coming in every month 02:28 A job teaches you how things work 03:39 What my last sales job taught me 04:21 Reason 2: your business becomes an education 05:05 Taking risks with a safety net 06:30 Reason 3: Parkinson's Law 06:51 Founder mode 07:23 Nine to five, then five to midnight 08:07 Leaving a structured environment 08:42 Saturday, 6:30, and I'm here 09:07 Moonlighting 09:37 The skills you learn 10:20 Paying myself $3,000 a month 10:41 I almost worked for free 11:22 The bootstrap advantage 12:01 Do you really need investors? 12:59 Opening a cafe 13:39 Get a job you hate 14:32 Work there before you open one